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From: "Cathy Joynt Labath" <>
Subject: [Newspaper] Davenport Democrat, Scott Co,IA, 15 Jan 1890
Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2000 11:28:12 -0500


Davenport Democrat
Davenport, Scott Co, Iowa
15 Jan 1890

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Thomas BRESTLEHAN of west Davenport was examined by the commissioners of
insanity this afternoon, adjudged insane, and ordered taken to Mt. Pleasant.
The business of the late O.P. BLAKE is being continued by his widow at least
until his estate is settled. Mrs. BLAKE has many friends here and finds them
willing to give her all possible aid in her work.
William BENSON of Moline, who knocked down one of the government island
guards a short time ago, was up befoe Commissioner WHITE last evening and
the hearing of his case was set for tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock.
Train Dispatcher Frank HERTON of the Rock Island is in Detroit having been
summoned thither by the intelligence of his brother's death. His place is
occupied by Fred W JONES, the night man.
A year ago a young man named GIBBS applied for and received a marriage
license from Clerk BIRCHARD to wed a young lady named PIERCE. The marriage
took place and the couple then removed to Iona, Mich., and now they are both
applicants to a divorce.
Thos. W. McCAUSLAND telegraphs his friend Mr. FICKE that he will be here on
the coming Saturday if the weather will permit. It will afford him some
satisfaction, probably to see John WEBB placed in a good safe berth for a
comfortable term of years.
"I would like to see Front street paved from Third clear on up to the end of
east Davenport," said a business man today, "but I want to see granite
blocks used there. I don't believe it would be policy to put brick on that
street. The heavy lumber teams would demoralize it too quickly."
C.B. HOLMES, the Chicago street railway man so well known here, was
approached by the newspapers there yesterday in the hope that he would tell
them something interesting about the new Alley I road in which he is said to
be heavily interested, but he didn't. He declined to be interviewed and that
ended it.
Sister Mary Frances of the Nuns of the Visitation died Monday night at
Dubuque. He name in the world was Mary MAGEE. She came there with the St.
Louis colony that established the convent in Dubuque in 1875. Subsequently
she became directress of the academy.
Yesterday morning Brother CARTHAGE of New Melleray Monastery was kicked in
the forehead by a horse and is at the point of death.
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Bank Elections
The stockholders of the First National Bank held their annual meeting
yesterday afternoon and elected the following old board of directors for the
ensuing year: John P. VAN PATTEN, James THOMPSON, S.F. GILMAN, A. BURDICK,
Henry W. KERKER, Christ MUELLER, Joe R. LANE, Geo. W. CABLE, Nath'l FRENCH,
Aug. STEFFEN, and Geo. M. SCHMIDT. The officers were elected as follows:
James THOMPSON, president; A.BURDICK, vice president; John B. FIDLAR,
cashier: Geo. HOEHN, assistant cashier.
The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Iowa National bank was held
also and the following directors were chosen for the ensuing year: Charles
BEIDERBECKE, E.P. LYNCH, A. MORITZ, W.P. HALLIGAN, A.P. DOE, C.A. FICKE,
J.H. HASS, M.D. PETERSEN, Wm. O. SCHMIDT, J.D. BROCKMAN, HENRY SCHROEDER.
After the election the following officers were elected: President, Charles
BEIDERBECKE, vice president, A.P. DOE; cashier, D.O. VIETHS.
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Important-All person afflicted with rheumatism, neuralgia, sore throat,
pains in the back of limbs, sprains, bruises, etc. should be informed that
Salvation Oil is what they need. For sale by all druggists. Price 25 cents
a bottle.
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Indictments Against TWOMBLY
The grand jury of Cook county has returned indictments against Henry
LaCLOCHE, Seth TWOMBLY, and Charls BUFORD forr the murder of Edward SMITH
Jr., who died last November from the affects of the injuries received in the
Rock Island railroad accident at South Englewood on the night of Sept. 24.
This is the seventh indictment for murder against TWOMBLY and BUFORD, but
first found against LaCLOCHE, who was fireman on TWOMBLY's engine.
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A Winter Like the Present
Mrs. E.W. ALLEN of Chicago, formerly of this city, has written her father,
A.F. FLEMING, superintendant of the Rock Island bridge, commenting upon the
open winter we have had thus far, recalls an article which she says she
clipped from a Davenport paper at that time.-Dec. 21, 1877-and which speaks
of the flowers blooming out on the bluffs, lilacs being almost ready to
flower, and that up near Pleasant Valley wild flowers were there in
abundance. The lady remarks, however, there was considerable winter weather
after that.

Cathy Joynt Labath
CC USGenWeb Scott Co, IA
http://www.rootsweb.com/~cmlabath/scott.htm




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